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1959 The journey of AICUF began on 19th July, with the Inaugural Meeting of (CSU) held at Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada.
1962 leadership camps and seminars were conducted. 1974 On 13th October, Secundrabad Region, “Know Yourself”, a one day seminar was held at Secunderabad and 35 members participated, with special focus on ‘Transactional Analysis’. On 17th November, Andhra Advisers Meet, held at Andhra Loyola College. Advisers from Tenali, Nallapadu, Guntur, Eluru and Vijayawada participated in the session. 1976 7-8th May, Girls’ Camp, Karimnagar, 175 km from Secunderabad. The aim of the camp was to acquaint the students with the actual rural problems. 1981 1st-2nd February, Leadership Camp was held at Andhra Loyola College. The theme of the camp was ‘Morality and Psychology’. More than 50 students from 3 units of JMJ, Maris Stella and Andhra Loyola College participated. 1989 On 12th August, AICUFers took part actively in a public meeting held at Guntur to condemn the repressive action of the university management against a lecturer of law, Mr. Subramaniyam. They distributed handbills and staged a street play on the issue. In October, Andhra AICUF organised 1000 women students from the college hostels to protest against the rape of a Tenali college student. 1990 Conflict with the local Church led to the banning of AICUF in Andhra. 1991 It was felt that there was a need for reviving AICUF as a separate students movement for Dalit students when 8 dalits were massacred at Tsundur, Tenali. As a result of that a small group called Student Organisation for Social Action (SOSA) was launched to work for the rights of the Dalits and Women. 1995 Cycle rally and hunger strike demanding reservation for Dalit Christians. 1996 1st state convention in Andhra Pradesh. 1998 AICUF was revived once again by the APBC. After this process there is a new set of Aims and Objectives which is: § Faith formation and preparing students for the society. § Imbibe a critical conciseness about the society. § Exposing students to the struggles of the poor and oppressed. § Prepare students for their rightful role in the church and society With these aims and objectives now there are a lot of regular activities going on in the State. 1999-2000 Mainly focusing on establishing and reviving units. 2000-2001 Tribal exposure camp. Dalit exposure camp. 2001-2002 State level seminar. Dalit exposure camp. 2002-2003 Seminar on Stop Child labour and Educate them. Observed Girl Child week. Seminar on Victimization of women. 2003-2004 Workshop on The impact of globalisation on youth. Seminar on Dalit empowerment. Introduction of AICUF as an extra curricular activity in colleges.
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